2013 - OCEANIA - KO SAMUI, THAILAND

MORNING HAS BROKEN OVER KO SAMUI ISLAND

GOING TO BE A BIT MORE EXOTIC FOR A WHILE AFTER SINGAPORE

Today we are going to see some animals, have bite to eat, visit a temple, a beach & a waterfall to name a few..

Monkeys doing tricks. I missed getting a shot of them asking for tips..

This could have been the 3 wise monkeys with the monkeys calling the shots.

See no evil.

& hear no evil..

& the Monkey sang no evil..

We take a meal break to watch a Thai cooking demonstration & a bit of a taste...

The meal was more of a snack but very Thai & very hot. Not too many other people tried it - bunch of wimps.

Sad looking Elephants doing tricks too...

He's seen it all before...

I am up on an Elephant now ....

Either Elephants or very large mice....

I spy a sales point approaching...

Yep - time to by the Elephant lunch of a bag of unripe bananas, which he ate - without taking the skin off.

Elizabeth & I got paired off as the only singles & when the Mahout asked to "take the couples photo", she said "oh no, he doesn't belong to me".

Too funny & a nice Swiss lady.

Travelling with her mother who stayed on board after her daughter got off in Hong Kong.

Pretty gutsy for a 84 year old. I spent a few tea times with her.

Time to get off...

& it's Temple visit time

or shopping...Or coconut milk drinking time in my case..

They say you should try to not look like a tourist & this one is disguised as a Zebra. Might work in Africa.. & the Burberry scarf looks a little out of place here too...

Then it's the beach for a beer & a bite..

and a waterfall...

Sundowner time....

The waterfall I could have done without.